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00:09 >> Good evening.
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00:26 >> Yeah, Juergen, there was a big difference
00:29 between the performance in the first half
00:31 and the second half, and what changed?
00:33 >> The first half, so let me say it like this.
00:39 I think I spoke a couple of times about periods
00:42 when we had five games in 13 days, stuff like that,
00:44 really tough.
00:45 Now we had 11 days off, we trained five days
00:47 of these 11 days, and we lacked rhythm.
00:50 So it's not, I don't complain about it, it's our fault,
00:54 but it's really tricky.
00:55 But the other team had the same situation, and they had rhythm,
00:59 because it's pretty important that you have a good start.
01:02 And we had the opposite of a good start.
01:03 We lost, we put ourselves under pressure in the first,
01:06 with the first ball pretty much.
01:09 They had corners, throw-ins, blah, blah, blah.
01:12 And then we were kind of in a rush.
01:15 We had football moments, they were all right
01:17 without creating properly, but they were all right,
01:19 but not enough.
01:20 Then we played long balls where we should have played
01:22 between lines and the other way around as well,
01:25 so it was not good.
01:27 Half-time, we had two or three situations
01:29 we could show the boys how it should look,
01:30 and it helped a little bit with the position change
01:34 of the front three, but in general, we showed them
01:37 where the spaces are where we could play,
01:39 and how important it is that we really push up
01:41 to win the ball back high.
01:43 Yeah, and now the start in the second half was our start.
01:47 It's the other way around.
01:48 And in the moment where we find rhythm, we are strong.
01:50 I have to say, it looks then really, really good.
01:53 But without rhythm, probably nobody's strong but we as well.
01:55 So we should start games better, but it's anyway,
02:01 it's about 98 minutes, interestingly.
02:04 Today is really, it's about to win the games in the end.
02:08 And as long as you stay in the game, pretty much everything
02:12 what happens in the game is allowed.
02:13 You don't have to perform 98 minutes on an absolute top level.
02:18 That's pretty rare.
02:19 And today, step by step, we found a way in the game and won it.
02:25 There were a lot of good performances in the second half,
02:27 but Alexis McAllister in the first half in particular was one...
02:29 Thank you for mentioning that.
02:31 Sometimes people forget that because in the second half
02:34 we had, we scored the goals.
02:35 Absolutely exceptional performance, I have to say.
02:38 I'm so happy for us, obviously, but for him as well.
02:43 Yeah, he's a really good footballer, let me say it like that.
02:49 And he did defensively the job, and offensively, he's anyway
02:53 a super important player for us, was calm on the ball.
02:56 All the good things in the first half already happened with him.
02:59 So, yeah, really happy.
03:04 Jürgen, can I just ask if you can clarify Mo Salah's situation?
03:10 Is he coming back from AFCON to rehab with the club?
03:12 That's the plan, if that's already decided.
03:16 100 per cent I don't know, but that's the plan.
03:19 If he cannot, however long he's out,
03:25 I think it makes sense that he's doing the rehab with us or with our people.
03:32 That's the plan. But if that's now written in stone already, I don't know.
03:38 Have you spoken to him?
03:40 Yes, directly after, but since...
03:42 Pretty much the night when it happened,
03:46 since then he's in contact with our doctor and the doctor tells me the news.
03:52 So, I think he will be back.
03:56 You just said, "However long he's out, it's best to do it with you."
04:01 Does that mean he could go back again?
04:03 I'm not a doctor, so I would say if he is fit before...
04:11 If Egypt qualifies for the final, if he's fit before the final, then probably yes.
04:17 Why not? That's clear, it's just a tournament.
04:20 But now it's about... Ivercoast I'm sure is a wonderful country,
04:23 but it's probably now for players, and we have no people from us there.
04:28 And there people have to take care of the players who are playing, so let's see.
04:34 A proud day for Colin Bradley, obviously making his first Premier League start,
04:41 what does he make of this?
04:43 Hopefully the same as you, pretty good, really, really good, very impressive.
04:48 I can't say exactly the same, I said I have a wonderful kid, really,
04:54 and a real hard worker, and a good footballer, and he's a defender,
04:59 but he can attack... He could have scored, he probably should have scored,
05:04 I had a... I forgot that, oh, yeah.
05:07 No, he should have scored in that situation, but anyhow, it was a really good game
05:12 and for the first one...
05:13 Yeah. Sometimes you have to forget your first game because it's just the first one,
05:20 but no, we shouldn't, that's a good start.
05:23 Hi, Jürgen. Darwin, you started on the left and then you moved into the middle,
05:29 what did you see in the first half that made you think you needed to move into the middle,
05:33 and then what change did that bring for you?
05:37 Look, in the situation we are with Almo, for example,
05:41 we have to find a way, and maybe we have players who can play in the right wing,
05:44 and they all can play in the right wing, but which is the best position
05:48 and how do we set up the rest around?
05:50 And Darwin can obviously play in the left wing, he did before.
05:54 We were, in general, in the first half, too static, but on the left wing as well.
05:59 So, Darwin plays there, Joey's a bit deeper, Bababa protects there,
06:03 waiting too much for long balls from behind, not really involved enough.
06:10 Possession moments...
06:13 Lucha struggled on the right wing, and Diogo played an OK game,
06:19 but we had not a lot of moments there, to be honest.
06:22 So we had to make a decision and bring Darwin in his 1A position,
06:25 bring Lucha in his 1A position, and ask Diogo to do the job there.
06:33 And like I said, they all can play in the right wing, and he did before,
06:36 but on top of that he's a really smart player.
06:39 But in general we just started playing better, midfield as well,
06:44 and that's important because...
06:46 I'm not 100 per cent sure which goal we scored after we won the ball back,
06:51 but that wouldn't have happened in the first half, I'm pretty sure,
06:53 because we didn't push up.
06:55 This half-time, they are important, you can ask me completely rightly,
07:01 "So why didn't it start like that in the first place?"
07:03 It's absolutely right, but the good thing is that you have the half-time
07:09 and you see yourself, we see it from outside,
07:12 but it's difficult to change it on the pitch,
07:14 because we spoke about that before,
07:16 and we had two or three good moments which we could show the boys,
07:19 if you do that, then Bournemouth will see that we are stronger
07:23 than we showed up in the first half.
07:25 That's the first step into the game, and that's why it was, in the end,
07:28 a super-deserved win, which didn't look like that for a long time in the first half.
07:33 Very quick to Curtis, was that...
07:36 We all hope, and Curtis as well, he felt a little bit,
07:39 he had a little bit last week already, but then nothing was there,
07:42 and Curtis, the very experienced player, thought it's 3-0,
07:47 "Why should I risk it?" I hope that's exactly how it was.
07:50 - Thank you. - Thank you.
07:52 Welcome.
07:53 See ya.
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